Jackett has had to work with a shadow squad at the Compton training ground this week due to international commitments and injuries.

“Sam Ricketts, Lee Evans, Bakary Sako and Nouha Dicko have been on international duty, Matt Doherty has to-ed and fro-ed with an ankle injury but he’ll be fine and Dave Edwards and Scott Golbourne have been under treatment.

“Probably out of seven players, at any one time, six of those would start – that’s where it is.

“So it’s quite hard without those numbers to actually do something but it’s no different from anyone else during the international week.

“You have that time and you have to work with the players you have.”

Jackett said it was imperative Wolves deliver a performance against Nottingham Forest after two defeats.

A five goal thumping in the East Midlands rather knocked the stuffing out of their promotion charge after a poor display at Ipswich.

Sam Ricketts of Wolverhampton Wanderers applauds the fans at full time

“We’ve been disappointed in our last two performances – I don’t think they’ve been of our best at Ipswich and Derby and poor results have followed,” Jackett said.

“We have to start with a very good performance – that has to be the first thing we do.

“Putting on a good performance at home after the two away games and two losses is vital because we don’t want it to develop into a poor run.”

There was however one bonus for Jackett with Sako returning home “fresh” and unscathed after he missed Mali’s crunch African Cup of Nations qualifier on Wednesday.

Mali were unable to overturn Sako’s suspension for an accumulation of bookings in the qualifying campaign.

“They did appeal it, but once the decision was made that he wouldn’t be playing they released him and he came back.

“It’s good that he’s back and good that he’s fresh.

“He’ll be very pleased they’ve qualified because he’s put a lot of effort into their qualification campaign.”